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I am a resident of Newtown for 52 years and, for all of those years, have lived in the same house on Key Rock Road. I have raised five children on this road and often felt it was a miracle that they were not hit by a speeding car, which seems to be t...

Medicare Enrollment Period Rapidly Approaching With this year’s Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) — October 15 to December 7 — rapidly approaching, senior citizens will once again have to go through the proce...

My Wow Summer Moment To the Editor: My wife and I were visiting family this past Fourth of July weekend. Our daughter announced that our granddaughter could read. Skeptical, I immediately went to the local library and borrowed a few books that Delain...

Hunter Pace Signups Fairfield County Hounds: The Fairfield County Hounds Fall Hunter Pace will be held on Sunday, October 23 at 10 am on Curtis Road in Bridgewater. Divisions include Hunt, Pleasure, Western, and Junior. Formal attire is waived. T...

School Board Made A Big Mistake To the Editor: I cannot believe that the Board of Education signed the All-Star contract. The BOE is supposed to be there for us, and I feel they are not. I went to the BOE meeting on October 4. During public particip...

Be Prepared, The Scarecrows Will Return Again The dates for this year’s “My Favorite Scarecrow Sculpture Contest” have been set, and reports from Newtown Middle School say the eighth grade students are once again ...

St Rose Announces Annual Book Fair St Rose of Lima School is kicking off its Annual Scholastic Book Fair by participating in the “One for Books” campaign. Scholastic matches every dollar that is donated to the school with a b...

Girls With Guitars Blues Caravan Returning To Connecticut For A Hard Rocking Curtain Call By John Voket Like journeyman blues musicians of the mid-to-late 20th Century, the players on Thomas Ruf’s 2011 Blues Caravan pulled up to a recent...

Keep looking, Newtown! Last week’s challenge was not as easy as we thought it would be. No one was able to tell us where the painted rock with the horseshoe attached to it can be found, so we are giving you one more week to locate it. The...

Training For Educators, Tips For Parents Offered On New Anti-Bullying Law HARTFORD — As young people continue transitioning to the new school year, they are not only preparing for the academic challenges, but they also must be prepared f...